Category Archives: Events at AGU

[English will follow the Japanese explanation.]

ここでは、青山学院大学において行われる英語に関するイベントを紹介します。ゲストによる特別講演や学生による英語でのドラマ発表、海外の劇団による演劇、大学主催のフィルムフェスティバル(UNHCR難民映画祭など)、また青学主体のESSによる活動などをご紹介します。

These are events involving English which take place at AGU. They may include special lectures by invited speakers, student dramas in English, performances by foreign theater troupes, film festivals hosted at the university (such as the UNHCR Refugee Film Festival), or AGU-based ESS (English Speaking Society) activities.

“Genealogies of White Deviance” Special Lecture

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IE Program Plenary Talk: The Mind-Body Continuum

We are pleased to welcome Maggie Reagh Sensei for a special talk open to all IE Program students and teachers. EVENT: “The Mind-Body Continuum Underlying Experience, Learning, and Healing” WHEN: June 12, 2025 (Thursday), 3rd period — 13:20-14:50 WHO: Ms. … Continue reading

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Filmmaker Linda Ohama speaks on the immigrant experience

Speaker: Ms. Linda Ohama Topic: “An Alien’s Dream: Immigrants’ Struggle for Acceptance and Belonging” Location: Aoyama Campus, Room TL301 (In the former AGU Junior College) Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (Tuesday) Time: 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM (3rd period) [Come … Continue reading

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Special Lecture: Peace for Our Planet

  EVENT: Open Lecture; “Peace for Our Planet” WHEN: October 24, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus; Classroom 940 (4th floor of Building 9) SPEAKER: Dr. Roya Akhavan (Professor of Mass Communication at St. Cloud State University in … Continue reading

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Turning Japanese: An Editorial and Audiovisual Translator Tells Her Story

EVENT: Open Lecture; “Turning Japanese: From a Small Town in Northern Spain to Working as a Freelance Translator and Interpreter in Japan” WHEN: June 27, 2024 (Thursday), 3rd Period (13:20~14:50) WHERE: Aoyama Campus, Tandai Room L-402 [(former) Women’s Junior College] … Continue reading

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A Playful Year-end Gathering

Three of our IE colleagues have generously offered to be part of a panel on possible classroom applications of Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) on December 22nd from 6:30 PM. A chance to try out a variety of TTRPGs will be … Continue reading

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Lecture & Concert by Bluesman Steve Gardner

Born in Mississippi in 1956, Steve Gardner is an accomplished blues musician and photographer, having studied photojournalism at the University of Southern Mississippi and blues from the “School of Hard Knocks.” After working as a photojournalist in the States, he … Continue reading

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Constructive Ways to Manage Stress and Life Crises

There will be a Special Lecture for all IE classes on the topic of how to deal with stress and mental hardships by Ms. Vickie Skorji of TELL at 2nd period (from 11:00 AM) on Tuesday, October 31. As the … Continue reading

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IE Program Plenary Talks: Why we write…Right from the beginning

We are pleased to welcome back Prof. Gregory Strong, formerly a co-coordinator of the IE Program, for a special talk open to all IE Program students and teachers.  EVENT: Lecture titled “Writing to You” WHEN: May 25, 2023 (Thursday), 4th … Continue reading

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Vegan and SDGs: Is it time to go vegan? (IE Program Lecture Series)

In this talk, given by the talented and versatile Nadia McKechnie, we will look at what it means to be vegan, how popular veganism is becoming, and the reasons driving the global vegan trend, particularly among millennials.  How a shift … Continue reading

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